Baldwins speech was intended to address society and education in fairness. Throughout the speech one of the most reoccurring themes was black people and the way they have been mistreated throughout history. Baldwin states "Man is a social animal. He cannot exist without a society." Society is a completely worldly thing, it effects everyone. He also states that without education a person cannot correctly look at the world and make good decisions for themselves. This being said in the time period the speech was given implies that since blacks were considered lesser people they were not educated in the way that whites were and they were not involved in society. According to baldwin humans connect exist without society. Blacks had no involvement or say in the society they lived in. They lived in the communities, towns, and states that there societies were based upon yet they had no participation in it. This most have influenced black people to believe that they were not normal in white persons eyes, and the only thing stopping them from having a normal life style were the white people themselves. His speech made it clear that the racisism between white and blacks has only gotten worse as society became more developed and education became the way of living. The only way for that to change was if blacks became a part of the developing society and the same education of whites was given to them.